Praise the Lord…yesterday I had a conversation with my husband about the differences between us and just talking as we always do. We are both different styles as I am all talkative and open about most subjects without even thinking; my hubby is the complete opposite with his thoughts.
One thing I have learned is that I am an emotional creature, most women are, yet my hubby is not as most men are not. I had to state to him yesterday that he is just going to have to get used to me asking what he is thinking and feeling about something until we get used to each other. He has always been this way but being in the same house it is a little different.
At first I thought, why can’t he be like me? LOL Yet, I am sure he was wondering why does she not know that I am excited about and not. Then it started to dawn on me as we were talking, we have to come to an understanding with each other about how we respond to things and react to them differently, we have to come to understand each other more.
I think for me I thought if we are talking all the time some things are just going to fall into place – MY WAY! LOL Yet this is not how life goes, we are both set in our ways and it is an adjustment that is actually kind of fun to go through. We are learning more and understanding more about each other and Lord knows that it is work, man is it work, but the Lord is blessing so us to grow and it is such a joy in my heart!
Sometimes I wonder why God is so good to me, even through all my pain and hurt, He blessed me and kept me. It is blessings to have the Lord direct my life in the manner that He is. I think back on the days of such turmoil, pain, hurt, anger, and just plain looseness in this world, how blessed I am to come out of it.
I look at the difference in my husband’s walk and my walk in the Lord and how no matter what life you have lived – Jesus is still there. My husband grew up in a saved household, coming to Christ at the age of 13. He did his own thing for awhile and was even married prior to me, yet and still the Lord has blessed him in his walk with Jesus. He has pretty much lived a sheltered life from some things in this world and sometimes things amaze him that people do what they do. But he has had his own share of turmoil, the breakup of his first marriage that just almost destroyed him on ever thinking anyone would love him, a job loss that left him in what we call an economy struggle, well he was one of the first ones hit with that 10 years ago. Yet God kept him during that time. His relationship with the Lord got stronger and he was blessed with such moving songs from the Lord that I can not wait for the world to hear them. He can talk witness to a complete stranger with such ease and comfort that I get envious (in a good way) He has been standing on the word of God since he was 13 years old, even when he did not realize he was. To me this is the blessing that I want for my son…to grow in the Lord under parents who are saved and to be exposed to the word of God so that he too will stand on the words when he comes to a point of needing them.
For just as the word says to train them so that when they stray they will come back, Jesus did just that with my hubby. He was playing for the church and playing with the girls at the same time. LOL yet the Lord showed him mercy and grace. It is in this I see how the Lord will keep you in your life even if you are not wild, even if you are not going through a physical or mental trauma, no matter what you are going through, the Lord will keep you IF YOU WANT HIM TOO!
I look at my life and see all that trauma and hurt – yet I look at his life and see all that hurt and trauma too. Just because his walk was not like my walk, does not mean that he did not have struggles, does not mean that he did not hurt, does not mean he does not need love. So many times I would dismiss the stories of those that have not walk like me until the Lord started showing me that just like there are different levels of people, there are different levels of pain, hurt, and turmoil for each of us. All we have to do is reach out to those that we meet and we will see it in them.
It is rare that I meet a sister or brother in Christ that I can not relate to because of all that I have been through in my life and I used to look down on my situation and circumstances as now I hold my head up and say BUT GOD! See no matter what happens in our lives…we all have a BUT GOD!! For if it was not for Him – where would we be? We need to understand that in Jesus we have all we need.
We need to talk with Him; we need to read His word. We need to commit ourselves to reading his word, to praying to Him and to living our lives Holy in Him. We have to remember that we all have thoughts, we all have opinions, and we all have the opportunity to serve the Lord in a manner that is pleasing Him. We may not always agree on the same thing but we can agree enough to help each other. It is not about us but about Jesus and all of us being on one accord in Him.
It is time for us to come to an understanding together about it each other. We have to remember that even if we do not agree, we can still love each other in the manner that Jesus loves us. Let us continue to look to the Lord for our direction and even if you do not understand why someone is the way that they are – try to understand that it is okay not to know and love them any how!
God bless and have a great and powerful day in the Lord!
Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne
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